Mosaic.

Over the summer I tried my hand at mosaics.

I made a lot of mosaic flower pictures and gave some to family members and friends for Christmas. My hand was sore for weeks from cutting all the flowers from the plates. It was fun to do something different and I have other mosaic ideas floating around in my mind--some that are jewelry related.

This is one I kept for myself. I have one more that I'll share next time.

Corinne's mosaic.

Another mosaic picture. This one was given to my aunt. I love the bowl in this one.

Mom's mosaic.

For Christmas last year, I made mosaic pictures for several of my friends and family. This is the one I made for my mom. It was one of my favorites ... although, it was hard to part with all of them.

I wish I had remembered to take photos of them all before I gave them away!

Another mosaic picture.

This is the other mosaic picture I kept for myself.

Red flower mosaic.

I had a plate with a large red flower in the center. I knew what I wanted to do with it, but I was very nervous about breaking the plate. It sat in my garage for a year while I worked up the nerve to use it.

Finally, I decided to give it a try and the plate cut like a dream. I was able to cut out the entire flower in one piece! But, when I laid it out, I didn't like the look of the flower intact, so I broke it!

It's the largest one I've made so far ...

and is also my favorite.

Kim Miles Beads

I've mentioned before that I am an ardent fan of beadist Kim Miles. Here is a recent purchase, a mosaic tile bead. I love this bead and I wear it all the time.

My mom gave me the pink flower Kim Miles bead in this bracelet I made. (Thanks, Mom!!) It's one of my favorite bracelets to wear in the summer. And check out the cute little silver dragonflies! It also has citrine, chalcedony, iolite, quartz, garnet, Swarovski Crystal, and one Czech glass bead. The silver is all sterling silver.

And this bracelet I made for my mom with her purple and orange flower Kim Miles bead. I love the colors in that bead.

The bracelets were a lot of fun to make. I'm very much a pattern person and these were a bit outside the box for me. I was striving to be random and that was really hard. Usually even when I try to be random I will see little patterns emerging!

And now, I'm off to play outside with N. It's a beautiful day here.